afghanistan. members who are there in afghanistan. members who are there in afuhanistan. ., ,, , . ., afghanistan. thank you very much for “oininu us. caroline kennedy pipe is a professor of international security at loughborough university specialising in military affairs and afghanistan. thank you forjoining us. i want to start with the situation at the airport. we were bringing viewers those really distressing images of a baby being handed over to soldiers at the airport as people seek to get their loved ones out. america has said it will stay beyond the 31st of august if necessary, to keep running that airport to get american troops out. what are the logistics around keeping an airport open in the context like this? it’s context like this? it s understandably i context like this? it s understandably chaotic. the taliban are ringing the perimeter of the airport. my understanding is, at this moment, those with american
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this is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. chaos at kabul airport even afghans with valid paperwork are struggling to get through, with checkpoints guarded by heavily armed militants. officials say 12 people have been killed in and around kabul airport since sunday the taliban are urging people without the legal right to travel, to go home. if you are linked to the international presence here, you are certainly going to be worried that in this chaotic situation, a taliban member will turn around to you and say, who are you, what did you do? and they may decide that you shouldn t be allowed to leave. president biden says us troops could remain in afghanistan beyond the end of august, passing his deadline for withdrawal. labour has accused the foreign secretary, dominic raab,
what we don t know, because they have been pictures of that happening in a few instances, we don t know whether those children have been separated by their parents, whether the parents are desperate enough to want those children to at least be able to leave to have a different life, or whether they were reunited with them, but it really does give an indication of the desperation that many are feeling right now in kabul. we can speak now to ram kishan, who is deputy regional director for asia at mercy corps, and had left the country on sunday on the last commercial flight to leave kabul. thank you forjoining us. can you tell us a bit more about the process that you went through in terms of your thoughts and feelings, and also practically in actually getting on that flight to get out? practically in actually getting on that flight to get out? yes, i was on the last that flight to get out? yes, i was on the last commercial that flight to get out? yes, i was on the last commercial fli